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146S (T): Number of Online or Distance Education Course Sections

The number of online or distance education course sections offered on the TOP code in the selected year

Value Type

Unduplicated count of sections

Data Source(s)

Chancellor's Office Management Information System

  • CO decision to flag unique sections with: locale-CB00-XB00-GI03 with CB03 and CB04 considered attributes related to decision to flag unique courses with: derkey-locale-XB00-GI03 with CB03 and CB04 considered attributes
  • Refer to Title 5, Section(s) 55317(a), and (c) for regulations with respect to reporting Distance Education instructional activities.
  • Per notes section of MIS DED for XF01, multiple session records may be reported for the same section of a course if multiple methods of instruction are used for the section
  • All for methods of instruction provided in the COMIS data have been included in the construction of this metric

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    For each TOP code at the selected institution(s), the unique counts of sections:

    Counts of distinct sections for all courses and terms
    Count of unique sections
    WHERE CO decision to flag unique sections with: locale-CB00-XB00-GI03 with CB03 and CB04 considered attributes
    AND for courses with instruction method of distance education
    WHERE [(extXF01_SessionInstuctionMethod1 in (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 61, 62, 63, 64, 70, 71, 72)
    OR (extXF01_SessionInstuctionMethod2 in (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 61, 62, 63, 64, 71, 72)
    OR (extXF01_SessionInstuctionMethod3 in (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 61, 62, 63, 64, 71, 72)
    OR (extXF01_SessionInstuctionMethod4 in (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 61, 62, 63, 64, 71, 72)]
    AND in the selected program area
    AND CB03 is a valid TOP code in the Taxonomy of Programs manual
    AND in the selected year
    WHERE GI03 is within the selected year

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    Last Updated

    07/09/2026

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